In 2020, FIRE recorded 136 instances of punishing or firing professors for airing their views — a fourfold increase over just five years.
, a new college dedicated to unfettered academic freedom. “Our institutions are irretrievably broken,” he said. “So now I’m trying to build something new.”Sue Bergin said she got the boot from Brigham Young because of her support for the LGBTQ community.After 28 years at Brigham Young University, adjunct English professor Sue Bergin said she was fired without explanation. Now, she alleges her views on LGBTQ rights caused the conservative religious school to drop her.
“It just doesn’t seem right to me to limit discussion around certain religious principles in order to protect people’s faith.”This semester, Bergin, 64, was slated for a promotion at the business school’s writing center. Although she secured approval from her supervisor, department chair, dean, and bishop, she said a December call from her supervisor left her unemployed without warning after a higher-up at the school reportedly disapproved of her appointment.
“It just doesn’t seem right to me to limit discussion around certain religious principles in order to protect people’s faith,” she said. “To me, it doesn’t protect their faith, it just cages it and makes doubts go underground instead of being aired. Every religious principle needs to be freely chosen, and it can’t be if there’s no open discussion of questions and differences of opinion.”J.
Corlett, now barred teaching from his two of his three courses, has filed a grievance against San Diego State .Although he’d taught that exact lesson for over 20 years with no pushback from the university, Corlett said he was suddenly barred from teaching his two courses on racism and critical thinking by a dean who cited student complaints. Corlett said the school refused him due process or the chance to refute accusations before removing him from the classes.
As of now, Corlett is still barred teaching from his two of his three courses, and he has filed a grievance against San Diego State. Christopher Newport University in Virginia did not renew Nelson’s contract, and she says cancel culture has squeezed her out of academia.In response, Nelson, 55, deleted her tweet and twice expressed regret for causing offense — on Twitter and via anNelson also asked to join open forums hosted by the student government to discuss the issue, but said her requests were denied because students felt they would be unable to speak freely in her presence.
The university did not renew Nelson’s contract, and she said cancel culture has officially squeezed her out of academia. Now, she worries about where our campuses are headed.
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